Nonfiction
The State That Foreshadows America’s Future
Lawrence Wright’s “God Save Texas” is a loving and skeptical portrait of the place he calls home.
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How California Turned Into a ‘State of Resistance’
The sociologist Manuel Pastor explores the rise, fall and rise again of America’s most populous state.
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Dambisa Moyo: By the Book
The economist Dambisa Moyo, author most recently of “Edge of Chaos,” loves Agatha Christie’s “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep” Hercule Poirot.
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In ‘The Pisces,’ a Woman and a Merman Fall in Love. Aquatic Erotica Ensues.
In her new book, Melissa Broder manages to knead together the genres of magical realism — a merman presumed to be real — and erotic literature.
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Fiction
Photo CreditGolden Cosmos He’s 19. She’s 48 and Married. When They Play Doubles Tennis, It’s a Match.
Julian Barnes’s novel “The Only Story,” set in England’s not-so-swinging suburban ’60s, explores memory and the romantic obsession of youth.
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Nonfiction
Photo CreditRuth Fremson/The New York Times The Walls That Hillary Clinton Created
Amy Chozick’s “Chasing Hillary” describes the impossibility of covering the two Clinton presidential campaigns.
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Fiction
Photo CreditSimone Noronha A Cyclops With a Dating Profile and Other Fanciful Characters
Ramona Ausubel’s new collection of stories, “Awayland,” abounds in unusual families and memorably poetic details.
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The Book Review Podcast
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Barnes talks about his latest novel, and Lawrence Wright discusses “God Save Texas.”
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Photo Credit A True-Crime Mystery From the 1950s, Fueled by Racism and Corruption
Gilbert King’s “Beneath a Ruthless Sun” recounts the tangled case that ensued after the wife of a Florida citrus baron said she was raped.
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Photo Credit In a Raft of New Books, Motherhood From (Almost) Every Angle
Jacqueline Rose’s “Mothers,” one of many new books about the subject, is a sort of Rosetta Stone that examines the particular mix of fascination and dread that mothers engender.
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Photo Credit Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’ Offers Big Ideas in Close Quarters
Kushner’s gritty and persuasive book about a woman sentenced to life in prison recalls works by Mary Gaitskill, Denis Johnson and Charles Bukowski.
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Photo Credit Jake Tapper’s ‘Hellfire Club’ Takes Us Back to McCarthy-Era America
The first novel by the CNN anchor is about a new congressman with secrets, and it includes a parade of high-profile political cameos.
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Photo Credit In ‘God Save Texas,’ Lawrence Wright Ranges Far and Wide
The author of “The Looming Tower” and “Going Clear” captures the Lone Star State in all its shame and glory.
